The glowing bird-shaped mark loomed in the sky, directly above New Domino City. From the Satellite, Yusei, Akiza, Rico, Magic, Mina, Trudge, Leo, and Luna watch it.
"What on earth is that thing?" Mina gasped.
Yugioh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
YuGiOh 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 55: Signs of Doom
Part 1: Final Bout
"I don't know. Looks like one of those... Dark Signer markings." Yusei said.
"Yusei! Look who I found!" They turned and looked to see Crow and Jack ride up on their runners, their headlights the only illumination in sight besides the big glowing symbol and the distant lights of the City.
"It's Jack, and Crow."
"Yeah, and from the looks of it... we're here right in time!" Jack said.
Crow then noticed Akiza walking over with Rico in her hand, "So you're Akiza, huh? Guessing that you won your duel," he then looked over to the city, "But what's with the light show?"
(Just then, the ground starts shaking and everyone reacted.
"It's an earthquake!" Trudge exclaimed.
"Maybe..." Yusei saw another light show has started, this one in the distance over the buildings of the Satellite. It almost looked like an Aurora Boralis, but with a decidedly purple tint. Over in the sky the clouds were etched with the mark of a multi-pointed star. "...Or maybe not."
"Another Dark Signer mark?" Jack groaned.
"Hey, I know that area..." Crow said.
"Yeah, me too," Magic said, "That spot... That's where the first Ener-D Reactor's at!"
The purple lights were indeed coming out of the huge crater in the middle of the Satellite; shades of every color can be seen in the light, "And I have a hunch the portal it opened up to the Netherworld, is now open for business!" Yusei said.
From the depths of the Old Reactor bulged a lump of grayish slime, blocking out the lights. Lightning smite the ground around the crater as it kept swelling up, overflowing the crater and spreading onto the landscape. In the depths of the sludgy figure, burned two round, red blank eyes. It opened a shapeless, cavernous mouth and emitted something like a roar. Now it had hands and fingers made of slime, as well; as it rose from the crater, it was assuming a form. As it reached out with the hands, globs of slime about the size of duel runners flew from them and drip onto the Satellite streets. It oozed forward, crawling with its hands as much as anything else, flooding the streets with disgusting, charcoal-colored muck. Its features are more distinct now; slime dribbles from tall, spindly limbs that suggested a skeleton or insect. From a certain angle it even looked like a gigantic slime-tarantula that would send Uru scampering for its mommy. Except for the fact that it then extended two dragon-like wings, also gray and excreting slime. It set its sights on the bird-shaped mark over the City. The things it sprouted from its 'head' look like horns, or ears, and it extended its 'neck'; the entire thing now resembles a skeletal quadruped, something like a ground-walking dragon, but with heavy armor around its neck and shoulders that recalls an insect and back legs that were unnaturally thin and wispy. It was not graceful or built for much of anything, but it was huge, tall, scary, and an endless fountain of slime.
The gray goop continued to drip onto the ground, some splats more approaching the size of cars. The substance looked to be about as viscous as spoiled milk or yogurt. An enormous, clawed foot stomps in the drops' wake, and the thing roared again. Its draconic wings seem to have split, giving it two wings on each side, which was more of an insect thing. Its back legs have also shaped up; all of its limbs were thin and spindly at the top, sloping down to tree trunks at the bottom. With every stomp, the ground trembled a bit. It was nearing the water, its focus still rapt upon the mysterious new Dark Signer mark in the sky.
"Whatever that thing is, it looks like it's headed towards the City!" Luna said.
"Yusei, Roman said that if we failed to seal the four towers in time, then the King of the Netherworld would appear!" Crow said.
"I know; and I'm guessing that's him."
"As an officer of the law, it's my duty to arrest that thing!" Trudge declared, "But unfortunately, at this present moment, I am off-duty."
"Hold on. Nothing bad has happened just yet," Nina said, trying not to panic, "Maybe if we don't bug it, it won't bug us."
Luna winced horribly as her mark lit up. Kuribon appeared beside her, cooing urgently, "Kuribon!" the spirit moaned sadly, curling its tail around itself, "Uh-oh! Kuribon's saying if that creature makes it to where that Condor mark is, a lotta bad things are gonna happen!"
"What kind of bad things?" Yusei asked, deadpanned, as the monster walked closer into the ocean.
"Oh, the very bad kind." Luna answered, a little hysterical.
"Okay. So we gotta stop it. Only question is how!" Leo said.
Yusei looks out at the thing, not having an answer. Suddenly, each of the four Marks of the Dragon lit up. More lightning crashed from the sky, and then the clouds begin to glow red. A familiar vermilion creature, edged in golden light, was winding its way through the heavens. The Crimson Dragon belled its odd cry, hovering in the air above them among forks of lightning. It turned toward them, and lunged forward as though to snap at them.
A bright flash of light, and Yusei and the others were soaring through an endless void of stars.
"Are we... inside the Crimson Dragon?" Akiza wondered.
"Yup, and we're going somewhere in a hurry!" Yusei landed.
"Yeah? Well I think our stop is comin' up!" Crow exclaimed. Ahead, they were flying toward a growing ring of light, like the end of a tunnel.
Another bright flash that continued back into the real world and down to the ground. When the tower of light fades, they find themselves standing at the edge of a familiar-looking garden. They were standing on the palatial island on which Goodwin's estate was built. But instead of the mansion itself, the Stairway of the Crimson Dragon that was under the house has risen to the surface, demolishing the mansion in the process, and grown taller. The Condor Mark loomed directly above the Stair.
"Where on earth has he taken us?!" Jack wondered, "Isn't this the temple that was underneath Goodwin's mansion?"
"So this is where that Condor was coming from." Akiza said.
"Wait, so then, the King of the Netherworld is heading here. But what for?" Leo asked.
"I dunno." Yusei said.
"In that case, allow me to explain!" a familiar voice echoed from above, "For you see, you may have succeeded in defeating the Dark Signers..." they all saw Rex Goodwin walked out from within the top of the stairs, "but not in time to close the doors to the netherworld."
"So tell us what's going on!" Yusei demanded, "Did we fail, is the world gonna end?!"
"And why's that thing headed over here?!" Margaret added.
"For the ritual." the director answered.
"What? What ritual?!"
Goodwin looked out across the city at the King of the Netherworld approaching in the distance, tracking straight through Domino to get there. "The ritual that has been carried out at this temple for many millennia."
"Okay, so? What exactly happens at this ritual?" Yusei asked.
"It all depends. But this time it's something that's never happened before."
"So spill."
Goodwin chuckled, "So eager; but for you to fully understand, I would need to start at the very beginning." he pulled from behind him a big glowing canister, and the four Signers' marks pain them. "And it all starts with this!"
Still holding his right arm, Yusei looked up at the canister. At a clearer glance, he could see what was inside: a severed arm with, by surprise, a series of glowing red lines etched on the surface, "It's the final mark. But whadda you want with it!"
"I want to use it!" Goodwin said, "Why d'you think I have that metal arm of mine?"
"What's one have to do with the other?!" Jack asked.
"You fool. I had to construct it so I would have a 'conduit', so to speak." Goodwin picked up the canister and set it down over on one of the two carved stone blocks on either side of the top of the stair.
"Just what're you planning, Goodwin!" Yusei demanded, but Goodwin only laughed laughed a bit under his breath. He turned his back and the violet Mark of the Condor glowed on it, causing everyone to gasp, "Another mark?! But wait... that one..."
"That's right, is that of a Dark Signer!" He flexed his muscles and his suit coat burst. Goodwin was now bare-chested, his muscles unnaturally huge, his gray-blonde hair wild behind him. Glowing markings began to appear on his chest as well as face. The whites of his eyes then turned all the way black as he turned back to face them, "Meaning that soon I'll have the power of both the light and the darkness!"
"Oh no!" Leo cried.
"He can't!" Mina pleaded.
"He won't!" Jack declared.
"And just who's going to stop me? You?" Goodwin unclasped and lifted the lid from the glowing canister and tossed it aside. He laid a hand on his own metal arm, crushing it with his bare hand until he was able to rip it clean off and hurled it aside.
"What's he supposed to be doing?!" Magic gagged.
"I told you..." Goodwin explained as he dipped his arm into the canister and a light shined at the top of the stair, like a huge star. No one could see what's going on. When it cleared, Goodwin held his right arm out in front of him, and the fingers twitched, "That metal arm functioned as a conduit: a device to transfer the power of the Crimson Dragon to me!"
"But why?! What do you plan to do with it?!" Yusei demanded.
What else, to become all-powerful, and rule the world! And now with my dark Sign and the power my brother entrusted to me, I shall!" He raises his Signed right arm, and the tower grew even higher, more and more, wider and wider steps of the pyramid burst from the earth. The rest of the island of Goodwin's mansion quickly turned into a pyramid, as Goodwin now loomed over the whole city, higher and higher, laughing evilly all the while. Finally it stopped growing. The Signers' group has moved to the freeway that lead to Goodwin's mansion; nothing of the island remained, "Behold the perch of my reign to come!" the ground in front of Goodwin's feet glowed, and an altar rose out of the stone in front of him in the form of a dueling console, "But first, let us begin the ancient ritual for the King of the Netherworld!" his form the projected into the sky in front of the condor to match its size, "We will duel on the crest of the Condor; there I will crush you Signers, and send you all to the Netherworld! In turn, he will do my bidding, and my ultimate plan will at last be set in motion!"
"Have you lost your mind?" Yusei asked bluntly.
"Yeah, you're the one who asked Yusei for his help in the first place, to take down the Dark Signers!" Crow added.
"I had my reasons! Now then, will you agree to this duel, or will you not!" Goodwin challenged.
"Sure! If beating you means that thing goes bye-bye!" Yusei shouted.
"Sounds fair to me. But... you wretched Signers are the ones who'll be getting the beating!"
"We'll see! Let's do this!"
"Bring it on! No one here is afraid of you, Goodwin!" Jack added.
"Just wait until I get up there!" Magic swore, "I can't wait to knock you off your high horse!"
"That's make tow of us! So ya got yourself some bulging biceps, so what!" Crow said, flexing his muscles, "Take a look at these bad boys, built for speed and power; just like the legendary man himself! That's right, we'll soar as high as he did, in this duel!"
"Then let's get started! Because Crow, Magic, Jack, and I are all set to rev it up!" Yusei and his team started their engines, as the Condor sign is rotating around its axis until its tail touched the ground in front of them.
"First, a few ground rules. Since this is a four-on-one matchup, you will each start with 4000 life-points, while I will start with four times that amount: 16000! Also none of us can attack on the first turn," Goodwin placed his deck into the slot of the automatic shuffler beside his field, and it auto-shuffled. The outlines of the mark started flickering with purple fire. "Are there any objections?"
"None here!" Crow said.
"Have it your way!" Magic added.
"That all works for me." Jack included.
"Me, too; so let's go!" Yusei started. They g0t a riding start and leap into the air, landing on the shining path of the Condor mark. Yusei in front and Crow, Magic and Jack flanking, the three runners sail toward danger. All four duelists shout together...
"DUEL!"
"What have you done, Gabriella?!" Jason demanded, not losing sight of the doorway in the middle of the field.
"Haven't you been keeping track of time? It's already dusk outside. And as it turns out, someone was a bit late shutting down the last generator, Gabriella cooed, "And you know what that means, don't you?"
Jason knew what was going to happen. It was almost time for the King of the Netherworld to appear… Jason hurried up the stairs towards Katherine, but another quake started. Both Jason and Katherine had to hold onto the railings to keep their balance.
Jason looked around, holding onto Katherine in the orb of red light. Except for the colored fog there was nothing but darkness as far as he could see. He remembered being over the original Ener-D reactor. So what happened? Then he saw the gate the Gabriella summoned, with Gabriella peeking from behind it as a child would.
"Peekaboo, I see you," the Dark Signer cooed, and walked out from behind the gate caressing its side, "I can guess you're wondering what this is. Well. Allow me to enlighten you. This here (5D's) Gate of Revelations can only be activated when the Netherworld's gate is open. I'd love to tell you it's effect, but right now, I'll activate this spell card, (5D's) Rise of the Overfiend!" as the card came to life, the seven vice circles appeared in the sky, "If you haven't been paying attention, all of my Lustsworn Heralds represent the Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony. Sloth. Envy. Lust. Greed. Wrath. And Pride. And with the power of this spell, I'm about to combine them all!"
"Combine?!" Jason gasped.
"I there an echo in here? Yes, I plan to fuse the powers of all seven Lustsworn Heralds in my graveyard, while I add my Crown of Vices to the mix!" a much larger version of the crown rose from the card and into a warp formed in the center of the seven circles. The circles then gathered together as one and formed a giant circle, where a colossal beast descended from it. Along with its darkening violet armor hide, the monster hovered with its five pairs of wings, even with its tattered pair under its arms. Jason could tell it was glaring at him from behind its Crown of Vices' visor, snarling at him with its rows of razor-sharp teeth. The seven Olympian seals hovered above in a circle, "This here is the beginning of your end: the (7)(5D's) Lustsworn Dragon Overfiend(12/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)!"
"Why are that thing's ATK points 0...?" Jason wondered.
"I'm glad you asked! It just so happens that when my Overfiend attacks, it gains the same ATK and DEF of the monster it battles with. And who better a monster to make an example of than your Colossal Fighter! But it's so annoying knowing that he won't be destroyed thanks to that union-monster you gave him... So I'll just get rid of it! I activate the Double Cyclone quick-play! This destroys two cards on the spell/trap zone; one on yours and one on mine! So while I destroy your union-monsters, I can get rid of my Fiendish Chain!" while a cyclone erupted from the ground over Fiendish Chain, while Double Cyclone's card fired another cyclone that knocked away Colossal Fighter's sword, "Now that that's out of the way, I activate my Overfiend's special-ability: by selecting a Lustsworn Herald from my graveyard, my dragon gains its effect! And the monster I choose will be the Herald of Gluttony-Beelzebub!" the eyes on the dragon's visor flashed a lightning-yellow, "And let's not forget about my Crown of Vice equip-spell. Remember, it can duplicate the power of any Fragrance card that's in my graveyard. And I think I'll use the effect of Gluttony Fragrance!" the mist regain its yellowish hue, "Of course both cards have to be removed from play during the end-phase, but that's no longer an option as long as my Imperial Iron Wall's on my field. Now I activate the spell card, Gluttony for Power! By sacrificing a monster on your field, I can add its ATK points to my Overfiend until the end of this turn!" Jason then got surprised when a black venus flytrap snapped shut around Scarred Warrior from below, and then slowly sank down.
Lustsworn Dragon Overfiend: (ATK: 2100-200)
"Now, my Lustsworn Dragon! Attack that Colossal Fighter! Go, Purgatorial Flame (ATK: 200-3500)!" the dragon fired a massive stream of fired from its mouth which incinerated the warrior. Jason's barrier protected him and Katherine from the flames. "And as for Gluttony Fragrance's effect, I gain the same ATK points as the monster that my Overfiend destroyed."
Gabriella: 38100
Jason: 2800
Lustsworn Dragon Overfiend: (ATK: 200)
"Don't forget, when Colossal Fighter/Assault Mode's destroyed, it's unarmored counterpart returns from the graveyard," Jason's warrior reappeared (ATK: 2800-4700).
"Fine then. I'll just end my turn with a face-down, and the effect of my Overfiend wears off," a reverse-card appeared (ATK: 0), and then one of the Lustsworn symbol of Gluttony glowed on the Gate of Revelations, "Oh, and one more thing. At the end of each turn, one of my gate's seven seals will light up. And once all seven are ignited, then, wait for it..."
"What is it supposed to do, Gabriella?!" Jason demanded.
Gabriella pouted, "You really are a buzzkill, you know that? Fine, if you really wanna know... it means the duel ends right there and then."
Jason gasped as his eyes widened.
Yusei: 4000 (0)
Jack: 4000 (0)
Magic: 4000 (0)
Crow: 4000 (0)
Goodwin: 16000 (0)
"Now, Signers, prepare to enter into a world of stealth, a world where every move counts! Prepare to enter... Speed World!" Goodwin played its actual card and it's field-spell took effect.
Crow rode out in front while the others hang back, "And you prepare to enter a world of hurt, Goodwin! I'll take the first move!" he drew his sixth card, "Here goes. I summon Blackwing - Mistral the Silver Shield in ATK mode!" the armor-plated blue bird appeared (ATK: 100), "And when a Blackwing's out, I can summon something else from my hand; something that's gonna really give me a serious edge! And a sharp edge at that! I summon Blackwing-Bora the Spear!" the javelin wielding blackwing appeared (ATK: 1700), "I then place one card face-down and end my turn!" Crow drifted back and let Magic take the lead.
"So I get to take the next turn!" Magic drew her next card, "And I summon Magical Exemplar!" the green-robed magician appeared (ATK: 1700), "Then I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn!"
"Which means you get to deal with me now!" Jack took the lead and drew his next card, "And I'll start by calling out Mad Archfiend!" the wild-haired field appeared (ATK: 1800), "Next I'll throw a face-down and call it a turn!" Jack drift back and let Yusei take the stage.
"All right, I'm up!" Yusei drew his next card, "And you're about to go down! 'Cause guess what, whatever you're planning ain't gonna be happening!"
"Oh, yes it will. It's been in the making for seventeen years, not that I knew it back then," Goodwin explained, "You see, before my brother Roman released the power of Ener-D, he gave me the mark of the dragon-head, and explained that every five thousand years, the Crimson Dragon and the King of the Netherworld do battle, light versus darkness; live against death. And this time my brother's body was the battleground. Two marks, one symbolizing each, embedded themselves in his flesh! But the Dark Signer mark soon began to take control of my brother. Soon he was swallowed by its power, but not entirely. Roman still understood the importance of the darkness being kept in check by the light, so, he went to great lengths to expunge the light from his system, and give it to someone he could trust: me. And with that, he unleashed the power of the Ener-D Reactor! Soon after, I did as my brother asked, and prepared to fight the darkness by gathering you Signers. And then, as he so charged, I challenged him to a duel, light against the dark. Of good against the wicked. And do you know what happened? ... I lost."
"That must be what changed him into a Dark Signer..." Magic muttered.
"A Dark Signer with a Mark of a Signer! So now you finally understand. With the power I've been given as a Dark Signer, I'll have the King of the Netherworld lay waste to all that there is! Then with the power I gained over creation, I can have the Crimson Dragon rebuild the world, in my image, for me to rule!"
Magic growled, "That's it! He's officially lost his mind!"
"Wait a second, lay waste to all that there is?!" Crow questioned, "So then you're planning on destroying everyone and everything on earth?!"
"Sorry, mister would-be world-dominator, but we're not gonna let that happen!" Jack said.
"That's right, Goodwin!" Yusei said. "You may have the power of life and death on your side, but we've got something even stronger, and it's something you can't just take!"
Goodwin laughed, "And tell me, what might that be?"
"It's the power you get for fighting for what's right! Now then, I'm summoning Max Warrior in ATK mode!" the lance wielding warrior appeared (ATK: 1800), "Then I'll throw a face-down and end my turn!"
"Finally, then, it's time, to show you the power... of both light and dark." Goodwin drew his next card.
Yusei: 4000 (5)
Jack: 4000 (5)
Magic: 4000 (5)
Crow: 4000 (5)
Goodwin: 16000 (5)
"First, since there are monsters on your field but none on mine, I'm allowed to summon forth (1) Oracle of the Sun(5/ATK: 1000/DEF: 2000) onto the field!" an incan priest wearing yellow and orange robes appeared (ATK: 1000), "And then I'll follow that by summoning the tuner-monster (2) Fire Ant Ascator(3/ATK: 700/DEF: 1300)!" a large dark-red fire ant appeared next to the priest (ATK: 700).
"A tuner-monster?!" Crow gasped.
"What's a Dark Signer doing with one of those?!"
"Probably no good!" Jack said.
"Yes, you know what's coming, don't you? Next, my level-3 Fire Ant Ascator tunes with my level-5 Oracle of the Sun, to synchro-summon the one, the only, the beginning of the end for you three peons!" the two monsters rose and combined as Goodwin chanted:
"When the Sun rises, it will illuminate all darkness! May you flood in, light! Synchro Summon! Show yourself..."
"(5) The Sun Dragon Inti(8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2800)!" Goodwin commanded as his monster descended from the shining heavens. It was a big, golden, glowing sun disk, with four red and orange dragons waving out from its sides (ATK: 3000).
"I don't know, that thing doesn't look so tough!" Yusei said, unconvincingly optimistic.
"Don't you worry, there's much more. Next by removing the tuner monster Fire Ant Ascator from play, I can summon (3) Weeping Idol(2/ATK: 0/DEF: 500)!" a crude statue of an incan soldier wielding a pair of clubs appeared (ATK: 0), "Then by lowering my life-points by 1000, I can summon the (4) Dark Tuner-Dark Goddess Witaka(3/ATK: 0/DEF: 0) from my hand!" a stone idol in the shape of a fiendish masked woman appeared (ATK: 0).
"And now I'll activate Witaka's ability. With it, I'm allowed to make her level equal to the level of one synchro-monster that's out on the field; so, since Sun Dragon Inti's level is 8, Witaka's level now becomes 8 as well! And now that she's packing more heat, I'll have her dark-tune with the level-2 Weeping Idol!" Witaka's black stars sank into the idol, destroying its framework and devouring the idols two stars. All the while he chanted:
"When the moon is full in the darkness, the whispering of the Devil will be heard! Entice them over to death! Dark Synchro!"
"So you see, just as I have both the power of both the light and dark, my field will have it as well!" The dark stars broke out, orbiting around Goodwin before erupting into into a black column, "First there was the Sun Dragon; and now there is the (6) Moon Dragon Quilla(-6/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)!" another dragon appeared from the darkness, akin to the sun dragon except it was blue with a cracked moon statue in place (ATK: 2500), "Finally I place two card face-down. But I'm afraid Quilla won't be around for long. You see, due to my Moon Dragon's special ability, whenever Inti's on my field, it is destroyed during the end-phase of my turn!" A little cloud appeared, and the Moon Dragon sets behind it, vanishing from sight.
Yusei: 4000 (5)
Jack: 4000 (5)
Magic: 4000 (5)
Crow: 4000 (5)
Goodwin: 15000 (5)
"So then why make such a production outta him comin' out?" Crow questioned, "You really do have a few screws loose, don'tcha! Oh well! This'll be over soon enough; 'cause this next round, we're puttin' the hurt on ya big-time!"
Goodwin chuckled, "Yes, this upcoming round should be quite interesting indeed."
'I don't like the sound a' that.' Crow thought.
"You don't know how right you are!" Magic exclaimed, "I activate my trap, Tower of Babel!" her reverse-card then opened, "And every time a spell's activated, or in this case a speed-spell, it's given a spell-counter! Now it's your turn, Crow!"
"Here goes nothin'!" Crow drew his next card, "First things first! Since I got at least 2 speed-counters I play the speed spell, Tune Up 123! Thanks to this, I get to roll a die, and then a tuner-monster's level increases depending on what number I roll!" Crow's runner console showed a die spinning before it landed on 2, "All right, Mistral's level increases by 1!"
Blackwing-Mistral the Silver Shield: (Lvl: 3)
Tower of Babel: (CTR: 1)
"You just activated Magic Exemplar's special-ability!" Magic said, "Whenever a spell card activates,
"And now I'll use this Blackwing to tune my other one, Blackwing - Bora the Spear! An' I think you know what happens next!" the two monsters combined as Crow chanted:
""Darkened gales, become the wings which will soar to heavens! Synchro Summon!"
"That brings out, Blackwing Armor Master!" the armored Blackwing warrior appeared (ATK: 2500), "And did I mention? When a Blackwing is faceup on my field, I'm allowed to summon the following monster without any penalty! That's right; Blackwing-Elphin the Raven you can come on out!" the feather-headed bird/man appeared (ATK: 2100), "Now, Blackwing Armor Master, attack that Sun Dragon Inti! Soaring Shadow Strike!" Armor Master flew towards the sun dragon and punched right at its core.
"Fool! Your Blackwing doesn't have enough attack points to win this battle." Goodwin said as Armor Master retracted his fist.
"We'll see about that," Two of Inti's dragon heads whipped around and grab Blackwing's wings in their teeth. The sun shown brighter, scorching Armor Master at point blank range with a flaming corridor of fire. But when it dissipated. Armor Master pulled back unharmed, facing it across a battlefield of sky, "Ya see Blackwing Armor Master can't be destroyed in battle, and any battle damage that occurred becomes 0! But wait, there's more! Whatever monster Blackwing attacked is tagged with a Wedge Counter, and once it wedges its way inside, that monster's ATK and DEF points become 0 for the turn!" the thorn placed by Armor Master cracked the sun down the middle.
Sun Dragon Inti: (ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
"Meaning my other Blackwing, Elphin the Raven, can't miss!" Elphin swooped up and crossed his talons across the dragon, destroying it.
Yusei: 4000 (6)
Jack: 4000 (6)
Magic: 4000 (6)
Crow: 4000 (6)
Goodwin: 12900 (6)
Goodwin chuckled, "I'm afraid that's where you're wrong, Crow. There's no such thing as 'can't miss'. Not for you. And not for the so-called 'legendary man' you've modeled your life after. Believe me, I know."
"What're you talkin' about!"
"Hold on, are you saying what I think you're saying?" Yusei asked.
"That you're-" Jack began.
"You're him?!" Magic interrupted.
"The one who built the bridge from Satellite...?!" Crow gasped.
"Back to the duel, and to your Elphin the Raven; because any monster that destroys Sun Dragon Inti, is also destroyed, and then you take damage equal to its ATK points!" after the Blackwing was destroyed, lightning shot from the top of the stairs and struck Crow.
Yusei: 4000 (6)
Jack: 4000 (6)
Magic: 4000 (6)
Crow: 1900 (4)
Goodwin: 12900 (6)
"Additionally, when Sun Dragon Inti is destroyed, I'm allowed to summon Moon Dragon Quilla from my graveyard," the Moon Dragon rose up from the clouds, "You see, Crow, even when you can't miss, you can still be destroyed. That's a lesson I learned the hard way."
"The duel ends..." Jason stammered, "You mean, as in..."
"As in 'automatic victory'," Gabriella answered, "Meaning once all seven crowns of Lustsworn are active, there won't be a thing you can do about it. And each crown unlocks at the end of each turn, just so long as all seven Fragrance cards stay in the graveyard. However there is a way you can get pas it. All you have to do is deplete my life-points in seven turns. And as a Signer you should be able to pull that off, right?" Jason was beginning to run out of options. He has used up almost his entire deck, and his monster's cannot attack due to Lilith Temptation, especially when Gabriella has summoned a god-like monster. Gabriella smirked as if she just read his mind, "Yeah, not so easy, is it? Pity. So close, yet so far. That reminds me of a little tale that take place in Satellite. It was the dump it always was, before the Zero Reverse accident. One man decided to build a bridge to connect to the city, but Sector Security interfered and hunted him down. The story as we know ends with him riding off over the incomplete bridge, with his three-year-old daughter in hand.
"Where are you going at?" Jason asked.
"The same man had a brother, my dear old Uncle Roman."
"You mean Roman Goodwin...?" he then gasped, "Are you saying Roman Goodwin's your uncle?!"
"Uncle...?" Katherine whimpered, "Then that would mean..."
"That's right; the little girl from the story, Goodwin's little pride and joy... She was me."
Yes, I am the one who tried to build that bridge from Satellite. I thought I, too, couldn't miss. But I was wrong. And now I know that if you really want something, you must do whatever is necessary to get it!"
"Not if it means hurting people! And that's why we're gonna stop you, right here and right now! And I'll start by placing 2 face-downs!" two reverse-cards appeared and Crow ended his turn.
"Just in time to begin my turn!" Magic drew her next card, "And I activate the speed-spell, Double Summon! With this card I can summon 2 monster instead of 1 this turn! And the monsters I choose to summon will be Flamvell Magician and Apprentice Magician!" a fire-wielding magician (ATK: 1400) and a purple-fitted novice magician (ATK: 400) appeared, "And since I played a speed-spell, my Tower of Babel gains another spell-counter while my Magical Exemplar gains 2 more! And that's not all! When Apprentice Magician's summoned, I can use her special-ability to give my Tower of Babel yet another spell-counter!" Apprentice Magician shot a ray from her staff towards the trap card.
Exemplar Magician: (CTR: 4)
Tower of Babel: (CTR: 3)
"Next, I activate my Exemplar's ability! By removing 2 or her spell-counters to special-summon a level-2 spellcaster from my hand! Go, Arcane Apprentice!" the hooded Assault Mode spellcaster appeared (ATK: 1000), "Now I tune both Flamvell Magician and Apprentice Magician together to synchro-summon Tempest Magician!" the two spellcasters combined and formed Exemplar Magician's aggressive counterpart (ATK: 2200), "And once it's summoned, she gets a spell-counter of her own (CTR: 1)! But that's not all! By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, Tempest Magician gets another spell-counter (CTR: 2), "Now for the fun part: by clearing my field of spell-counters, you take 500 points of damage for each one!" Tempest Magician launched a total of five arcs of light from her scythe which then crashed into the top of the stairs.
Yusei: 4000 (7)
Jack: 4000 (7)
Magic: 4000 (7)
Crow: 1900 (5)
Goodwin: 10400 (4)
Tempest Magician: (CTR: 0)
Exemplar Magician: (CTR: 0)
Tower of Babel: (CTR: 0)
"Let me give you a hand, Magic!" Yusei said, raising his reverse-card, "I play the trap card Rising Rush! This card activates when the opponent take damage from an effect, and it allows me to summon one tuner-monster from my hand. And the tuner monster I'm summoning is Junk Synchron!" the orange-armored tuner appeared (ATK: 1300), "And the baton goes back to you!"
"Now I tune Arcanite Apprentice with Magical Exemplar to synchro-summon Explosive Magician!" the two monster combined and the silver-robed magician appeared (ATK: 2500), "And as for Arcane Apprentice, whenever she's used for a synchro-summon, I get to add a card straight to my hand!" Magic slipped her Assault Mode Ã…ctivate trap into her hand, "Now, Explosive Magician! Attack that Moon Dragon!" Explosive Magician charge forth and charged his staff for an attack, 'My magician may have the same ATK points, but at least I can clear the field of Goodwin's monsters for the others to attack...'
"You triggered Moon Dragon Quilla's special-ability." Goodwin sneered.
"Ability?!" Magic gasped.
"Do you really think I would summon a monster without an effect to help consolidate my power? Whenever your monster targets Quilla for an attack, my life-points increase by the same amount as that monster's ATK! But that's not all! I also activate the Draining Shield trap card!" Explosive Magician's blast was blocked by a barrier in its way, while the moon dragon hovered above the stairs over Goodwin, "Now not only is your attack is negated; I also gain more life-points equal to your monster's attack!" the moon's glow bathed over the Dark Signer.
Yusei: 4000 (7)
Jack: 4000 (7)
Magic: 4000 (7)
Crow: 1900 (5)
Goodwin: 15400 (4)
"So you did nothing but forsake Crow's last attack!"
"I'm not done yet! When my magician attacked I activated the Magician's Circle trap card, which lets me summon a spellcaster-type monster with 2000 or less ATK points! And who better than my Silent Magician! Welcome to the game!" the small while magician appeared (ATK: 1000), "Let's see your Signer mark get you out of this!"
Goodwin only chuckled as he held up his Mark of the Dragon. It triggered a chain reaction causing all the other marks to glow and then disappear. The five marks formed together, and the Seal of the Crimson Dragon appeared on Goodwin's chest.
"Goodwin!" Yusei cried, "Somehow he's taken them all for himself!"
With the Mark of the Condor lighting up his back and the Seal of the Crimson Dragon shining on his front, Goodwin laughed full-throttle.
"You see? I'll stop at nothing to rule all!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Oracle of the Sun
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] LV: 5 (ATK: 100/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect: If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). When this card on the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard: You can add 1 "Fire Ant Ascator" or "Supay" from your Deck to your hand.
(2) Fire Ant Ascator
Stats: [Insect/Effect] LV: 3 (ATK: 700/DEF: 1300)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can select and Special Summon 1 Level 5 monster from your Graveyard. Its effect(s) is negated, and it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase of this turn.
(3) Weeping Idol
Stats: [Rock/Effect] LV: 2 (ATK: 0/DEF: 500)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: You can remove from play 1 Tuner monster in your Graveyard to Special Summon this card from your hand.
(4) Dark Tuner-Dark Goddess Witaka
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] LV: 3 (ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: You can pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon this card from your hand. You can have this face-up card's Level become equal to the Level of 1 Synchro Monster on the field.
(5) Sun Dragon Inti
Stats: [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 3000/DEF: 2800)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect: "Fire Ant Ascator" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, destroy the monster that destroyed it, and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster. If this card on the field is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Moon Dragon Quilla" from your Graveyard.
(6) Moon Dragon Quilla
Stats: [Dragon/Dark Synchro/Effect] LV: -6 (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: 1 non-Tuner monster - 1 Dark Tuner monster
In order to Special Summon this card, subtract the Level of a Dark Tuner monster from the Level of 1 other monster you control; the value must equal the Level of this card. When this card is selected as an attack target, gain Life Points equal to half the attacking monster's ATK. During the End Phase of your turn, if you control this face-up card, destroy it. If this card on the field is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Sun Dragon Inti" from your Graveyard.
(6) Lustsworn Dragon Overfiend
Stats: [Fiend/Effect] LV: 12 (ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of "Rise of the Overfiend". When this monster battles, it gains the same ATK and DEF as the monster it battles with until the End-Phase of that turn. During you Main-Phase 1, you can target 1 "Lustsworn Herald" from your graveyard and apply the effect(s) of that target to this card until your next Standby-Phase. Remove that target from play during the End-Phase. This card cannot be destroyed in battle.
DUEL-MON TRIVIA
"Hey, Duelists! Did you know..."
"Lustsworn Dragon Overfiend is made to reference two demons, one from a different anime. One is from Digimon. The clue to the other one is in the monster's name..."
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